Opening paragraph Background (before the event) Developing paragraph Major event (in the event) Conclusion paragraph Result (after the event) Activity three: Predict the purpose of the writer

T: What may be the purpose for the writer to write the text?

Sa: This passage is mainly about a risky experience. He may just want to tell us an exciting story.

Sb: In the story, I found one person was able to escape because he used a barrel. This may tell us how to face and escape from the danger. Maybe this story wants to tell us how to solve problems in face of danger.

Step Ⅳ Reading

Activity one: Learn the strategies of sequence

T: Look at the three pictures and decide which shows the beginning, middle and end of the story.

Ss: The right order should be: B→A→C.

T: Read each paragraph and decide which paragraph is the background, which is the major event and which is the result.

Let the Ss read each paragraph and generalize the main idea of each paragraph. Then fill in the chart.

Sample chart:

Para Main idea A B C Key:

Para Main idea A Major event B Background C Result